Month: August 2012

Honey Bun bakery has launched a new cream-filled pastry dedicated to Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence. ‘Goldie’ also commemorates the country’s gold rush in the London Olympics, according to Honey Bun co-founder and CEO Michelle Chong. The cream-filled mini-cake is similar to the popular American ‘Twinkie’ snack. Asked whether this was deliberate, Chong told the Read More …

MOST companies looking for inspiration would hesitate to pick a product made by an American giant in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But Honey Bun was so impressed with Twinkies — whose maker, Hostess Brands, sought protection from creditors in January — that it has launched a similar Jamaican treat called a Goldie. The new snack, a Read More …